{"id":2149,"date":"2024-04-03T23:42:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T20:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/merca\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:05:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:05:13","slug":"merca","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/ewod\/m\/merca\/","title":{"rendered":"Merca"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tPoems<\/span><\/strong><\/a> <\/span><\/strong>\"Merca\"<\/a><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tStories<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAbout Merca<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\n<\/p>\n

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Merca <\/span>(given name Merle J\u00e4\u00e4ger, b. 19. X 1965) is a poet and actress.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMerca was born and educated in Tallinn, and graduated from the Drama Faculty of the Tallinn State Conservatoire (now the Drama School of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) in 1988. She has worked in various positions; since 1988 she has been (with an interval) an actress at the Vanemuine theatre. She has been a member of the Tallinn and Tartu NAK (Young Authors\u2019 Association) and of the Wellesto literary society. She is a member of the Estonian Theatre Union (since 1990), ther Actors\u2019 Union (1993) and the Writers\u2019 Union (2000). She is a member of Tartu Town Council (as of 2021). She has won the Voldemar Panso prize (1988) and the Ants Lauter prize (1997), the Estonian Theatre Union award for a female leading role (1999) and for a secondary female role (2004), the title of Tartu Culture Bearer (2005) and the Karl Eduard S\u00f6\u00f6t prize for children\u2019s poetry, for the work Mullivesi <\/i>(\u2018Bubbly Water\u2019, 2009). <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tOne of the best-known figures of the Estonian punk movement, she began publishing poetry in periodicals in 1986. Her first collections were Merca by Air Mail <\/i>and MercAmerka. Teine Ameerika-valimik <\/i>(\u2018MercAmerka. A Second American Selection\u2019, 1989). One is struck by the direct, at times brutal, socially critical attitude and the raucous note of her poetry. She mainly prefers rhyming poetry, applying an Estonian orthography in which, for example, ks=x, \u00fc=y and ku=q. In the collection Vana libu hommik <\/i>(\u2018An Old Whore\u2019s Morning\u2019, 1998) there is the sonnet sequence \u2018Laulud Laurale\u2019 (\u2018Songs for Laura\u2019), which, with reference to Petrarch, skilfully intermingles high and low styles. Notes reminiscent of Heiti Talvik are found in the collection Hele h\u00e4\u00e4rber <\/i>(\u2018Bright Manor\u2019, 2005); poetry in the Setu language, including song lyrics created for the band L\u00f5k\u00f5riq, are collected in P\u00fch\u00e4 p\u00e4iv <\/i>(\u2018Holy Day\u2019, 2013). A survey of her work is provided in the selections Narrivile <\/i>(\u2018Fool\u2019s Whistle\u2019 2007) and Iseqnn <\/i>(\u2018Sovereign\u2019, 2020).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHaving earned attention for several undertakings in public life (for example, a lively reaction to her service in the Estonian armed forces) Merca has emphasised her Setu roots and participation in Setu culture, an example of which is her collection of stories in Setu, Ollipan\u00f5h\u00f5p\u00f5p\u00e4\u00e4le <\/i>(2021).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tA unique parallel work to Olavi Ruitlane\u2019s novel about intimate relationships, Naine <\/i>(\u2018Woman\u2019, 2009) is Merca\u2019s novel Mees <\/i>(\u2018Man\u2019, 2009), which gives a humorous take on different types of men.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tA. K. (Translated by C. M.)<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tBooks in Estonian<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPoetry collections<\/b><\/i>
Merle J\u00e4\u00e4ger, Merca by air mail<\/b>: Ameerika valimik. Toronto: Maarjamaa, 1989, 61 lk.
Merle J\u00e4\u00e4ger, MercAmerka<\/b>: teine Ameerika-valimik. Ontario: Maarjamaa, 1989, 80 lk.
Vana libu hommik<\/b>. Tartu: Eesti Kostabi Selts, 1998, 45 lk.
Hele h\u00e4\u00e4rber<\/b>. Tartu: Vilep & Vallik, 2005, 117 lk.
Narrivile<\/b>. Tallinn: T\u00e4nap\u00e4ev, 2007, 106 lk.
P\u00fch\u00e4 p\u00e4iv<\/b>. V\u00e4rska: Seto Instituut, 2013, 111 lk.
Iseqnn<\/b>. Tartu: Jutupesa, 2020, 93 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tNovels<\/b><\/i>
Mees<\/b>. Tartu: A-Disain, 2009, 179 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tProse<\/b><\/i>
Jututulbad. Storypillars<\/b>. Tartu: Fantaasia, 2015, 262 lk.
Ollipan\u00f5h\u00f5p\u00f5p\u00e4\u00e4le<\/b>. Uusvada: Seto Kiri, 2021, 134 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tChildren\u2019s literature<\/b><\/i>
Mullivesi<\/b>. Tallinn: TEA Kirjastus, 2009, 37 lk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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